David Oyelowo

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Carmen Ejogo

Coretta Scott King

Tom Wilkinson

President Lyndon B. Johnson

Giovanni Ribisi

Lee White

Tim Roth

Gov. George Wallace

André Holland

Andrew Young

Colman Domingo

Ralph Abernathy

Common

James Bevel

Stephan James

John Lewis

Omar J. Dorsey

James Orange

LaKeith Stanfield

Jimmie Lee Jackson

Oprah Winfrey

Annie Lee Cooper

Tessa Thompson

Diane Nash

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Fred Gray

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Bayard Rustin

Kent Faulcon

Sullivan Jackson

Lorraine Toussaint

Amelia Boynton

Alessandro Nivola

John Doar

David Dwyer

Chief Wilson Baker

E. Roger Mitchell

Frederick Reese

Dylan Baker

J. Edgar Hoover

Ledisi

Mahalia Jackson

Niecy Nash-Betts

Richie Jean Jackson

Corey Reynolds

Rev. C.T. Vivian

Wendell Pierce

Rev. Hosea Williams

Nigel Thatch

Malcolm X

Trai Byers

James Forman

Stan Houston

Sheriff Jim Clark

Jeremy Strong

James Reeb

Stephen Root

Col. Al Lingo

Greg Maness

Aide

Haviland Stillwell

President's Secretary

Charles Black

Elder Marcher

Jody Thompson

White Marcher

Henry G. Sanders

Cager Lee

Jim France

Gunnar Jahn

Michael Papajohn

Major Cloud

John Lavelle

Roy Reed

Stormy Merriwether

Jackson's Daughter

Martin Sheen

Frank Minis Johnson (uncredited)

Martin Luther King Jr.

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Harry Belafonte

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Tony Bennett

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Sammy Davis Jr.

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)